Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award

The Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award, instituted in 2011 for the 2008–09 Karnataka State Film Awards is an award given by the government of Karnataka to long-serving film personalities in Kannada cinema. The award previously called Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema Award, was named Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award in honour of Vishnuvardhan, one of Kannada cinema's actors, after his demise in 2009.^[1] The award carries a purse of ₹200,000 and a gold-plated plaque.^[2]

Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded for	Contribution to Kannada Cinema.
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	Gold Medal ₹ 2,00,000
First award	1999–2000
Final award	2018
Most recent winner	B. S. Basavaraju
Highlights
Total awarded	22
First winner	S. P. Varadappa

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Notes	Ref
1999–2000	S. P. Varadappa	Film producer	[3]
2000–01	T. S. Narasimhan	Film and TV series producer	[3]
2001–02	Rajanand	Actor	[4]
2002–03	S. K. Karim Khan	Lyricist	[5]
2003–04	Kuppuswamy Naidu	Film producer	[6]
2004–05	Vajramuni	Actor	[7]
	Chandulal Jain	Film Producer
2005–06	S. Ramachandra	Cinematographer	[8]
2006–07	Dwarakish	Actor, film director, producer	[9]
2007–08	Parvathamma Rajkumar	Film producer	[10]
2008–09	A. R. Raju (Ajantha Raju)	Film producer	[11]
	R. N. K. Prasad	Cinematographer
2009–10	S. D. Ankalagi	Film producer; produced the first CinemaScope film in Kannada	[12]
2010–11	Ambareesh	Actor	[13]
2011	Anant Nag	Actor	[14]
2012	Rajesh	Actor	[15]
2013	K. V. Gupta	Film producer and distributor	[16]
2014	Suresh Urs	Film editor
2015	Rajan	Composer	[17]
2016	K. Chinnappa	Poster artist	[18]
2017	G. N. Lakshmipathy	Film producer	[19]
2018	B. S. Basavaraju	Cinematographer	[20]

See also

• Karnataka State Film Awards